Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 379 · 40 questions

The grammar rule (Past = V2): Time words: yesterday, last Sunday, two days ago, last week, in 2023. Regular verbs add -ed (cleaned, studied, jogged); irregular verbs change (went, ate, wrote, bought). The same form works for every subject. Questions and “not” use did + the base verb: Did you go? He did not go.

1. 1.My brother ___ the train two days ago. (a) took (b) will take (c) takes (d) taked
2. 2.She ___ in the park in 2023. (a) runs (b) will run (c) runned (d) ran
3. 3.Vivaan did not ___ a message two days ago. (a) sends (b) sent (c) sending (d) send
4. 4.We ___ a message last Sunday. (a) send (b) sent (c) will send (d) sended
5. 5.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buying (b) buyed (c) bought
6. 6.My parents did not ___ a cake yesterday. (a) baking (b) bakes (c) bake (d) baked
7. 7.___ we watch a cartoon yesterday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
8. 8.Tara ___ the ball last week. (a) will catch (b) catches (c) caught (d) catched
9. 9.We ___ the match last Sunday. (a) winned (b) won (c) win (d) will win
10. 10.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) wore (b) worn (c) weared (d) wearing
11. 11.We ___ in the park in 2023. (a) jog (b) have jogged (c) jogged (d) will jog
12. 12.Meera ___ the match two days ago. (a) won (b) will win (c) winned (d) wins
13. 13.She did not ___ on the stage last Sunday. (a) danced (b) dances (c) dance (d) dancing
14. 14.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeded (b) feeding (c) fed
15. 15.We did not ___ in the pool two days ago. (a) swim (b) swimming (c) swims (d) swam
16. 16.___ my friends draw a picture two days ago? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
17. 17.They did not ___ milk in 2023. (a) drinks (b) drinking (c) drink (d) drank
18. 18.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) eated (b) eating (c) eaten (d) ate
19. 19.He did not ___ the room two days ago. (a) cleaned (b) cleans (c) cleaning (d) clean
20. 20.___ Pooja send a message yesterday? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
21. 21.My cousins ___ for the team yesterday. (a) have clapped (b) clap (c) will clap (d) clapped
22. 22.She ___ a cap last week. (a) wore (b) weared (c) will wear (d) wears
23. 23.Farhan did not ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) climbing (b) climb (c) climbs (d) climbed
24. 24.___ my sister wash the dishes yesterday? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Does (d) Did
25. 25.We did not ___ a letter in 2023. (a) write (b) writes (c) writing (d) wrote
26. 26.___ she eat a mango two days ago? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
27. 27.They ___ a tree yesterday. (a) climbed (b) have climbed (c) climb (d) will climb
28. 28.___ you plant a tree two days ago? (a) Do (b) Was (c) Did (d) Does
29. 29.We ___ a cartoon yesterday. (a) will watch (b) have watched (c) watch (d) watched
30. 30.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) writed (b) writing (c) written (d) wrote
31. 31.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) throwing (b) threw (c) throwed (d) thrown
32. 32.___ you cook rice two days ago? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
33. 33.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) telling (b) told (c) telled
34. 34.We did not ___ lunch in 2023. (a) brings (b) bringing (c) bring (d) brought
35. 35.Zoya ___ cricket in 2023. (a) has played (b) plays (c) played (d) will play
36. 36.You ___ a tree last week. (a) climbed (b) climb (c) will climb (d) have climbed
37. 37.___ she go to school in 2023? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
38. 38.You ___ Grandma last week. (a) will help (b) have helped (c) help (d) helped
39. 39.We ___ a sandcastle in 2023. (a) build (b) will build (c) builded (d) built
40. 40.You ___ for the team in 2023. (a) have clapped (b) clapped (c) will clap (d) clap

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